Rebecca R. Ruiz

I am an investigative reporter for The New York Times based in London.

What I Cover

I’m broadly interested in hidden stories with human consequences. I have focused on business, politics, law enforcement and sports, but I’m a generalist readily interested in new subjects. I try to draw equally on documents, data sets and in-depth interviews.

Recently, I deconstructed the dilemmas of multinational companies seeking to leave Russia, and the ways in which President Vladimir V. Putin turned their exits into a windfall for Russia’s elite and the state. I also documented the ways in which money and politics tainted the construction industry in Turkey, detailing how corruption exacerbated the death toll of the 2023 earthquake there.

My Background

I’ve spent my entire journalism career at The Times, working across sections and doing an array of jobs since joining as an intern in 2007. Over the past decade, I’ve covered a range of subjects including potential self-dealing by America’s largest migrant shelter operator; President Trump’s transformation of the United States judiciary; and the rise of sports betting in America.

I was part of a team that received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in national reporting for revealing inequities in policing. I won a George Polk award in 2017 for exposing Russia’s cheating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, which prompted the nation’s yearslong exclusion from global competition and reforms by the world’s doping watchdog. As a part of a team that highlighted a deadly defect in G.M. cars and government inattention to it, contributing to the recall of millions of vehicles, I received the Scripps Howard Award for public service reporting in 2014.

I studied hotel administration at Cornell — and I credit working in the service industry with developing skills foundational to journalism — and have taught investigative reporting at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Journalistic Ethics

I steep myself in whatever I’m working on and bring an open mind to every story. I don’t participate in politics or activism. I take sensitive situations and requests for confidentiality seriously. I assume nothing and am vigilant about vetting information. I strive to avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.

I care intensely about fairness and accuracy, and I don’t publish articles without ensuring I’ve considered all relevant perspectives and offered sources and named individuals a full sense of what to expect and a chance to weigh in.

Like all Times journalists, I’m committed to upholding the standards outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook.

I welcome feedback, suggestions and tips. If you’d like to be in touch or share information, please use the contacts below. You can text me at +1-212-556-7457 or email me for my number on Signal and WhatsApp.

• Email: rebecca.ruiz@nytimes.com

• X: @RebeccaRuiz

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